{"product_id":"food-person-hardcover","title":"Food Person - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Alison Espach's \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding People\u003c\/i\u003e and Dolly Alderton's \u003ci\u003eGood Material, \u003c\/i\u003e a delectable comedy of manners about cooking, ambition, and friendship set in the food world as a young and socially awkward writer takes a job ghostwriting the cookbook for a famous (and famously chaotic) Hollywood starlet.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIsabella Pasternack is a food person. She revels in the beauty of a perfectly cooked egg, she daydreams about her first meal at Chez Panisse, and every inch of her tiny apartment teems with cookbooks, from \u003ci\u003ePrune\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCooking by Hand\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eRoast Chicken and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. What Isabella is not, unfortunately, is a gainfully employed person. In the wake of a disastrous live-streamed soufflé demonstration, Isabella is summarily fired from her job at a digital food magazine and must quickly find a way to keep herself in buckwheat and anchovy paste. When offered the opportunity to ghostwrite a cookbook for Molly Babcock, the once-beloved television actress now mired in scandal, Isabella warily accepts. Unfortunately, Molly quickly proves herself to be a nightmare collaborator: hungover, flaky, shallow, and--worst of all--indifferent to food. But between Molly's bizarre late-night texts, goofy confessions, and impromptu road trips, Isabella reluctantly begins to see Molly's charms. Can Isabella corral Molly out of the gossip rags and into the kitchen? Can she find the key to Molly's heart and stomach? Or will Isabella's devotion to her culinary idols and Molly's monstrous ego send the entire cookbook--and both of their careers--up in flames? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA mouthwatering, hilarious debut peppered with insider food world detail--the real writers behind celebrity chef cookbooks, the hot restaurants that run on the backs of their sous-chefs, the secret to perfect \u003ci\u003eblinis à la Russe\u003c\/i\u003e--Adam Roberts's \u003ci\u003eFood Person\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary soufflé--a deceptively light, deliciously rich, showstopping confection.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eADAM ROBERTS is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Amateur Gourmet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Best Chefs\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGive My Swiss Chards to Broadway.\u003c\/i\u003e He started his food blog \u003ci\u003eThe Amateur Gourmet \u003c\/i\u003ein 2004, and also hosts the podcast \u003ci\u003eLunch Therapy. \u003c\/i\u003eRoberts has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and for film and television. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband and their dog Winston. \u003ci\u003eFood Person \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51999648514349,"sku":"9780593803837","price":27.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/nxnMcVmlbH9780593803837.webp?v=1776567035","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/food-person-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}